Roles of Napoleonic Cavalry

by Tom Devoe

1.At the Battle of Jennappes, General Belliard defeated the Austrians by charging OVER their entrenchments at the head of a regiment of Hussars.

2. General Brune captured men-of-war in the frozen Zyder Zee by charging over the ice with his light cavalry.

Reference: page 190 NAPOLEONIC EMPIRE IN SOUTHERN ITALY


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